Democrat Scott Colom Wins Mississippi Senate Race, Becomes State's First Black Senator Since Reconstruction
Colom’s win gives Democrats a 55-seat Senate majority and makes him the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded the Mississippi Senate race to Democrat Scott Colom, making Colom the state's first Black U.S. senator since the Reconstruction era 145 years ago.
- Colom secured 49.2% of the vote against Hyde-Smith's 48.7%, leading by 4,645 votes with 99% of precincts reporting in a state where Republicans have maintained control for 40 years.
- During his victory speech at Tougaloo College, Colom displayed a placard reading "Picked Another Senator," referencing a viral ad mocking Hyde-Smith's suggestion that voters upset by beef prices should "pick another protein."
- Hyde-Smith released a video message Wednesday stating she "respect the decision of Mississippi voters"; after their brief conversation, Colom told her, "God bless you and thank you, senator."
- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand vowed to work with Colom in the 120th Congress, with his victory cushioning Democrats' newfound Senate majority after flipping key red-state seats.
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A Senator Who Once Joked About a 'Public Hanging' Just Lost to Mississippi's First Black Senator in 145 Years
Scott Colom has narrowly defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, becoming the first Black senator directly elected by the state's voters since the Reconstruction era.
Democrat Scott Colom has won the U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, marking a surprise victory for his party in a traditionally conservative state where Republicans have dominated for decades. Colom's victory makes him the first black person from Mississippi to serve in the U.S. Senate since 1881, when the term of Blanche Bruce, who had been a senator since 1875, ended. The race was decided by a margin of less than 5,000 votes, out of nearly a mil…
Scott Colom wins Mississippi U.S. Senate race
This story was originally published on Mississippi Today. Democrat Scott Colom has won a hard-fought U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, breaking Republicans’ dominance of statewide offices, ousting one of the state’s sitting senators for the first time since the 1940s and becoming the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction. Colom, a district attorney in north […]
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